Hi John, Aha! I've got you now. If the string is flailing up and down on the bridge pin enough to cause the= false beat, why wouldn't the balanced vertical excursion forces of the= string (up force =3D down force, on average) plus the built in downbearing= force equal a positive down force that sets the string nicely on the= bridge? How could it slide vertically at all after the initial attack and= not seat automatically? If, on the other hand, the string has jumped up and= stuck to the pin firmly enough to defy the positive downbearing plus the= down stroke of string excursion, it would seem to be pretty firmly= terminated wouldn't it? Don't try to tell me it's stuck on the BACK pin and= sliding on the front, either. I'm not as look as I dumb. Also, breaking the= string loose with a minimal tap would still smack the string down onto the= bridge with slightly more than the downbearing force at rest. What is a= reasonable average downbearing force per string in, say, octave six?= Anyway, the point is it's hitting the bridge harder than you hit it. Not= that that's horrible, just an observation. Hello, hello, are you still= there? Well, this certainly isn't 900 number stuff (I'm told <G>) but,= yea, it is kind of fun. Maybe Psychic Hotline could help. You're it. Still unconvinced but persevering, Ron Nossaman At 05:42 PM 4/12/97 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Ron, > >Hey this is starting to get fun! > >Here's one idea off the top of my head as to why the string can create >false beats when rising up the pin: One side of the string terminates very >nicely on the pin, but the other side, not being seated, is free to >vibrate. The result is a very confused string with two pretty significantly >different lengths. A *very gentle* tap seats the string, and (assuming the >bridge has been notched correctly) terminates the string in one specific >location on both pin and bridge. No more confusion. No more false beat. > >What do you think? > >John Mckone, RPT >St. Louis Park, MN >(612) 280-8375 > >P.S. Thanks for returning the apology - I'm sure I'll need it in the= future! : ) > <******** deleted all other history ********> Ron Nossaman
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